Salvaging,Transplantation and Reconstruction of Heritage Sites,Techniques and Problems: A Study of the Submerged Temple of Bilaspur District in Himachal Pradesh

Abstract

The work of safe removal of cultural heritage sites and ancient monuments of any region is known as ‘salvage archaeology’, and the work of relocating the sites and monuments is known as ‘transplantation’ of the sites and monuments. Before a monument is transplanted physically, it is primarily studied in detail for its constructional style and methods of bonding the different materials used, the type of foundation orientation and the setting of the monuments, that is, its environment.